Window-chair



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(No ModeL) No. 593,501.. Patented Nov. 9, 1897.

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WINDOW CHAIR.

No. 593,501. Patented Nov. y9, 1897.

, y A nlllllm .jtm/WIW By ATTORNEYS.

UNITED vSTATES PATENT OFFICE,

WILLIAM TIMMIS, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

WINDOW-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 593,501, dated November 9, 1897.

Application led July 28, 1897. Serial No. 646,197. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM TIMMIS, of Pittsburg, in the county Vof Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Window-Chair, of which theA scribed, whereby I produce a window-chair adapted to be folded for placing it in or removing it from a window, and which when expanded and duly adjusted forms a firm and stable support.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of mypreferred construction of window-chair, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the chair partly folded or adj usted for passing it through a window-opening. Fig. 3 is a view showinga modification.

The skeleton frame of the chair proper is attached to and supported in working position by two parallel bars 1, whose inner ends project through slots in a retaining-bar 2, arranged on the window-sill 3, with its ends bearing against the sides of the casing 4L, as shown in Fig. l. The said bars l may be adjusted lengthwise, as required, and are secured by pins 5, that pass through them and the retaining-bar 2. The latter is divided transversely and thus composed of two equal parts, which are connected by a hinge 6 and locked in alinement by a sliding bolt 7 when in use.

The base or bottom of the chair proper is composed of flat parallel lengthwise bars 8 and right-angular connecting-bars 9 9', all of which are riveted or bolted together. Y The said bars 8 are divided transversely and the two equal parts connected by hinges 10 at their inner ends and also provided with sliding bolts ll, like the retaining-bar 2 before described. l

The angle-bars 9 and 9 are arranged with their shorter arms vertical, and these are connected by flexible parallel strips 12, preferably composed of leather, although canvas, woven wire, chains, or other substitutes may be employed. Said strips 12 are secured to the angle-bars by rivets, screws, or bolts, and thus extend along the outer side of the chair, so as to form a side guard for preventing a person from accidentally falling 0E the chair. As an end guard I employ a rigid bar l3,which connects the vertical arms of the outer anglebars 9', as shown.

I thus produce a window-chair whose frame proper is composed of rigid pieces or parts wide chair to be used in a window that would otherwise be too narrow, and. in fact adapts it for use in windows of dierent widths.

The retaining-bar 2 is provided with a series of slots spaced equidistantly to permit it to be adjusted endwise whenever required to accommodate it to windows which-are close to a wall.

In Fig. 3 I show a retaining-bar 2 and chairbottom bars 8', provided with hinges 6' and l0, which are-reversed from the position shown in the other ligures, so that the Achair may be folded upward instead of downward. In this instance the arrangement of the hinges forms practically so many rule-joints which resist pressure in a downward direction, so that the use of sliding bolts is less required than in the case -rst described.

What I claim is- 1. The improved window-chair, composed of the retaining-bar formed of two sections, hinged together, and a device for holding them in rigid alinement, the two parallel bars l, and the transverse bottom bars 8, attached to said bars l and formed of hinged foldable sections having locking devices, as shown and described. Y

2. The improved window-chair comprising the retaining-bar formed of two parts whose inner ends are hinged together, the chairframe proper formed of bottom bars that are similarly composed of parts hinged together endwise, one or more eXible guard-strips,

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4. The improved window-chair composed 1'5 1 of the chair-fran1e proper, havingbottom bars composed of bars connected endwise by hinges that fold downward, and flexible guard-strips extending across the outer side of the frame,` the parallel supporting-bars, and the retain-l zo ing-bar whose two parts are connected by hinges folding downward, as shown and described. l c

WILLIAM TIMMIS.

Witnesses:

AMos W. HART, M. D. BLONDEL. 

